04 January 2009

If the Theatre District eatery La Veranda were still open today, I would make it the subject of one of my "Who Goes There?" columns on Eater. The hopefully outdated 47th Street Italian restaurant was never full and nothing special. Which, of course, made it mysterious, given its prime location.

The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.Contact Me

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I have lived in New York City since 1988 and earn my bread as a writer. I began this blog in January 2006. Beyond that, don't be so nosy.
"I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism."
—Roberto Rossellini